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Newton elected to state board

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 1:54pm

Beaufort County Council Chairman Weston Newton was elected second vice-president of the South Carolina Association of Counties (SCAC) Board of Directors at the organization's annual conference recently on Hilton Head Island.Newton has been a Beaufort County representative to the SCAC for several years and was elected third vice-president of the board last year.He was first elected to County Council in 1999 and has been chairman since 2003. He represents District 4 in Bluffton."The association has been effective in offering county governments in South Carolina a unified voice when addressing our state lawmakers in Columbia. We don't always agree on the issues, but we face many common challenges and are stronger when we work together to better serve the people of our various counties," Newton said.SCAC is a nonpartisan, statewide organization which began in 1967. Its membership represents all 46 counties in South Carolina. It offers a variety of services in addition to bringing the needs and concerns of county governments to the attention of state lawmakers.SCAC officers are working to restore full funding to the state's Local Government Fund and to protect home rule.Newton also has worked for several years to initiate reform of the state funding formula for public education.

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